Key Teaching Points Flashcards
nucleus
a positively charged region at the center of the atom
protons
Positive Charge
neutrons
Neutral charge
electrons
Negative charge
Alpha
2 protons+2 neutrons
+2 charge
stopped by paper
Beta
Electron
-1 charge
stopped my a sheet of aluminuim
Gamma
Electromagnetic Waves
0 charge
Reduces by a meter of lead or concrete
radiocarbon
Carbon dating is a way of telling the age of a once living thing by measuring the amount of carbon inside of it
Rutherford’s Gold Foil Experiment- What happened
When he shot a beam of alpha particles at a sheet of gold foil, a few of the particles were deflected
Significance of Rutherford’s experiment
- atom has mostly empty space
- it has a nucleus
- the nucleus is small, heavy, positivly charged and in the center
What did Marie and Pierre Curie measure radioactivity
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reactant
Starting materials on the left hand side of the equation
Product
The end result of the reaction and is written on the right hand side of the equation
Role of energy in chemical reactions
breaking the bonds of the reactants or in the formation of new bonds.
Exothermic
release energy from the chemicals into the surroundings ( Heat)
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